The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

Both Of last month, every thing was uuiet,
and peaceful. The Indian families
we're nearly all around the agency to
draw rations on the following day.
Inc agency butchers were Strengthening
cattle. "A large train of Indian freight
wagons were being unIoaded
of agency goods into the ware
houses. Everything was busy and
cheerful. Agent Williams and his wife
were on the porch of his house. he
reading his mail, when about 5 O'Clock
the young buck Medicineman, and
about fifteen or sixteen Of his followers
rode through the agency 1.-THE buildings
are in the form of a horSeShoel to the
slaughterhouse, and then partially
separated into small bands, one of
which, i've or six In number. headed by
this "Mldicineman," all in full war
paint and feathers and well armed,
rose around the agency buildings and
fired into the roofs of all the houses.
particularly at the agency Office
on the east side, where the
agency interpreter was standing.
The Medicineman then put the gun he
carried close to the interpreters
stomach, and slowly raised it up and
tired it over his head. He then came
20 the agents dwelling, on the west
SIDE, and fired volley at the house.
There was not the slightest provoca-
tion for it. There were none of
the agents police near at
the time, but had there
been. they could not have arrested
those fellows without bloodshed, and
believe general massacre. / think
/ the agent acted very wisely in not at
tempting to arrest them with police
force. Two troops of cavalry arrived
on the ground about 10 p. m, but officer
in charge did not have instructions
to make any arrests but to protect the
agent and property. After the arrival
| of the troops, the same p arty of In
dams and followers continued to make
hostile demonstrations, and sent word
to the soldiers that they were ready for
them, at the same time removing all
SquaWs, old men and children from the
tepees to the opposite side Of the river.
The troops went into camp at about
IL p. m. The agent thinking
everything had quieted down, retired
and extinguished the lights in the
| house. The defiant gang of Indians
next went to the traders store and de-
manded ammunition, and were of course
refused. Then they fired into the
store, and the traders wife and clerks
had to barricade the windows with
bales of blankets to protect them
selves. There were five or six bullets
shot through the building. The gang
kept up their shooting around the
oSOnCy OuI0AHSl openiy ueIy1ng the
soldiers nearly all night, and making
night hideous with their yelling. From
the traders store they again came to the
agents house, having been reinforced
by several followers, and made more
hostile demonstrations. On the porch of
the house were the agency inspector
and few friendly Indians when tEBoy
reported to the interpreter that those
fellows said they had come to
kill the Agent. On Saturday
morning two more troops of
cavalry arrived at the agency, and tor
five or six hours this gang and some
sixty or seventy followers stationed
themselves on top of hill overlooking
the agency, and about quarter of
mile from where troops were camped,
and dared and defied them to come up
there and take them. In the evening
they disappeared and have been
planting the seeds of discord among the
whole Crow tribe ever since,
and abusing Crows as being old women
because they refused to join them in
the fight with the whites. These In
dams have not only stolen horses from
the Piegans, but from the settlers along
the line of their plundering. This
Medicineman, who is the leader
of this bad element of Indians,
gained his nOtoriety very recently.
He has been quietly and gradually de-
moralizing the young Crow bucks. He
is very bad Indian, and if he and his
followers are not arrested, all the
progress these Indians have made will
be lost for years to come, and the whole
Crow nation completely demoraliZed.
These fellows made many threats
which have not embodied here. The
longer the arrest of these fellows
is put off the more danger there will
be-" The agent and employees are
quietly and cautiously attending to
their usual duties, but on the outside
all is decentralization, the Indians being
gathered together in bands on different
portions of the Little Big Horn and
Big Horn Rivers, having abandoned
their farms, and apparently awaiting
to see what will be the result, and also
anxiously fearing raids from the Pie
gans, who are reported to be out in
several bodies. There is one company
of infantry here. General Dudley, the
Post Commander, has in every particu-
lar acted with promptness, and has ten
dered two troops to remain
here to-day and tomorrow during
the issuance of ratiOnS by
the agent but he has declined them
unless to arrest the offending party, as
Indians.
THE FISHERIES NEGOTIATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-The Depart
ment of State has been officially ad-
vised of the appointment of Sir Charles
Upper, of Canada, as one of
the British Fishery Commissioners.
The last appointment, it is believed,
completes the British Commission,
which will consist of Mr.. Joseph
British Minister to the United States,
and Sir Charles Upper. 1t is learned
at the Department of State
that the approaching negotiations will
be confined to the subject of fisheries
and that this Government has never
contemplated or proposed the discus
sion Of the subject of a commercial
to the published statements that the
British Commissioners intended to
Offset our claim of Jurisdiction over the
waters of Behring Sea by q claim to
Canadian waters lying between the
headlands, it is stated positively
has never taken position that could
be construed as either asserting or
denying any right of Jurisdiction over
the waters of Behring Sea.
YELLOW FEVER REPORTS.
a telegram was received at the
Marine Hospital Bureau this afternoon
from DIR. Joseph Y. Porter, Presi-
dent of the Key West Board
of Health. announcing his arrival
at Tampa, Fla, last evening, and
saying: ''Have cases indiscrimfnateIy.
The disease is undoubtedly yellow
fever, presenting the characteristic
tests of aIbumen, irritable stOmachs,
and black vomit.o
A telegram was also received from
Deputy Collector Spencer saying:
'sThree deaths last night. Several
new cases; raining; town authorities
acting and taking measures to olsen
feet"
Health Officer Strauss, of Palatka,
! telegraphs as follows: Refugee six
days from Tampa, died here this morn
ing (13th) of yellow fever; premises
under strict quarantine; everything In
the room and belonging to him burned.
Nothing to fear from spread Of dis